Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
Our online Searchable Best Books List draws from the committee's annual Best Children's Books of the Year-beginning with the list of books published in 2000-with each featuring more than 600 high-quality titles for young readers.
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The Dumbest Idea Ever!
written and illustrated by Jimmy Gownley
Ages: 9+
Published: 2014
Publisher: Graphix/Scholastic
ISBN: 978-0-545-45347-9
Keywords: Graphic format, Identity, Artists
When chicken pox and pneumonia cost 13-year-old Jimmy his top-of-the-class standing and basketball stardom, he finds his comeback in comic book creation. Dramatic graphics by the author.